Monday, September 15, 2025

Taylor Lorenz on the Real “Political Violence” in the U.S.

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In introducing her most recent video commentary, journalist and author Taylor Lorenz says the following. W hen a powerful right-wing figu...
Sunday, September 14, 2025

Domestic Extremist-Related Killings in the U.S. by Perpetrator Political Affiliation (2015-2024)

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– Source: ADL Following is a related article by Alex Samuels, first published September 12, 2025 by Daily Kos . _______________ Ame...
Saturday, September 13, 2025

Calvin Michaels: “I Really Don’t Want to Hear What Charlie Kirk’s Supporters Have to Say When It Comes to Morality”

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I appreciate the following remarks by Calvin Michaels on the recent murder of right-wing commentator and pro-Trump influencer Charlie Kirk...

A Simple and Brutal Truth

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Closer to the Edge is a reader-supported publication on the Substack platform. It posted the following article yesterday. _____________ ...
Friday, September 12, 2025

Meet Me on the Bridge at Dusk . . .

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. . . I’ll wait there, in the moonlight, I know I’ll feel your presence there, When, all the world around, goes quiet. We can stand bet...
Thursday, September 11, 2025

Omar Fateh: “We Need to Meet the Needs of Working People”

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Following is a great interview with the Minneapolis mayoral candidate I’m supporting . Minnesota State Senator Omar Fateh made headlines...

Remembering . . .

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See also the previous Wild Reed posts: • Remembering September 11 and Its Aftermath • A Letter to “Dear Abby” re. Responding to 9/11 •...
Wednesday, September 10, 2025

“Bullets Are Replacing Ballots and Political Arguments Are Being Answered with Gunfire”

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Political analyst and social commentator Tony Pentimalli shared the following earlier today on Facebook and BlueSky. _____________ Charl...
Monday, September 08, 2025

Exposing the Dark Money Network Secretly Funding Establishment Democratic Influencers

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Taylor Lorenz is an investigative journalist and author of Extremely Online . Last Friday, Lorenz joined Current Affairs Editor-in-Chief N...
Sunday, September 07, 2025

Late Summer Blooms

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See also the previous Wild Reed posts: • Late Summer Blooms (2016) • Photo of the Day – August 9, 2025 • Summer Vignettes (2022) • ...
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Friday, September 05, 2025

Chris Smalls: We Need to Escape the “Two-Party Plantation”

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Chris Smalls , the American labor organizer who founded the first independent, worker-led union at a Staten Island Amazon warehouse, was rec...
Wednesday, September 03, 2025

The GI Rights Hotline

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Related Off-site Links: Is the U.S. Military Poised to Experience a New Surge in Conscientious Objectors? – Hope Hodge Seck ( Mother Jon...
Monday, September 01, 2025

Matthew Cooke’s Labor Day Message

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Related Off-site Links: Americans Take to the Streets for 1,000+ “Workers Over Billionaires” Labor Day Rallies – Brett Wilkins ( Commo...
Sunday, August 31, 2025

August Vignettes

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See also the previous Wild Reed posts: • A Smoky Summer • Commemorating the Lives Lost in Hiroshima 80 Years ...